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Billy Bates

Willie Bates

Born: 19 November 1855, Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Died: 8 January 1900, Lepton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, England.
Known As: Billy Bates
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


Test Debut: England v Australia at Melbourne, 1st Test, 1881/82
Last Test:
England v Australia at Sydney, 2nd Test, 1886/87

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   15   26   2   656   64   27.33   0   5    9   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              2364  282   821   50  16.42  7-28    4   1  47.2  2.08

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1877 - 1887)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  299  495  20 10249  144*  21.57  10  47  238   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             61033 14979  874  17.13  8-21   52  10  69.8  1.47

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

A fine all-round cricketer whose career was cut short by a tragic injury, "Billy" Bates was one of the more popular and respected cricketers of his generation. He was only 32 when, during practice at Melbourne, he was struck in the eye by a ball hit by one of his team-mates. His eye-sight was permanently impaired and he was unable to play any further first-class cricket. He was very depressed at his enforced retirement, attempting suicide at one point, but recovered to play club cricket, and coach.

A Yorkshireman, Bates was a fine attacking batsman, brilliant at times, with ten first-class hundreds, and an excellent slow round-arm spinner. He turned the ball a long way, and he was most effective on wet wickets. His weakness was fielding; despite his best efforts, he was prone to drop rather easy catches. It was this weakness perhaps that restricted his Test appearances to overseas tours. Bates toured Australia five times, and America once. In the Melbourne Test of 1883 he became the first England player to perform the hat-trick, the victims being the illustrious trio of McDonnell, Giffen and Bonnor (taking fourteen wickets in the match). His son played for Yorkshire and Glamorgan.

* Last Updated: Friday, 16-Aug-2002 14:08:18 GMT


 
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